• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.89-100
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• 2014

Energy consumption statistics in 2005 from the Korea Energy Management Corporation show that building energy usage was about 24.2% of total domestic energy consumption, and 64% of total building energy usage was consumed by residential buildings. Thus, about 10% of total domestic energy consumption is due to the heating of residential buildings. Building energy can be calculated by the configuration of the building envelope and the rate of infiltration (the volume of the infiltration of outdoor air and the leakage of indoor air), and by doing so, the annual energy usage for heating and cooling. Therefore, air-tightness is an important factor in building energy conservation. This investigate air infiltration and various factors that decrease it in timber frame buildings and suggest ways to improve air-tightness for several structural types. Timber frame buildings can be classified into light frame, post and beam, and log house. Post and beam includes Han-ok (a Korean traditional building). Six light frame buildings, three post and beam buildings, one Korean traditional Han-ok and a log house were selected as specimens. Blower door tests were performed following ASTM E779-03. The light frame buildings showed the highest air-tightness, followed by post and beam structures, and last, log houses.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 시공이음 및 세그먼트 연결부 등 불연속 구간을 포함하고 있는 튜브 구조물에 대한 기밀성 평가를 위해 실험에 기초한 연구를 수행하였다. 실제 진공튜브 시스템을 위해 적용 가능한 콘크리트 라이닝을 최대한 모사할 수 있도록 콘크리트 관 1개로 구성된 일체형 튜브(N1) 1기, 동 콘크리트 관 두 개를 연결시킨 연결식 튜브 시험체(N2) 1기, 그리고 콘크리트 세그먼트형 튜브(S) 1기 등 총 3기의 시험체를 제작하여 각 시험체에 대해 내부 기압을 0.1atm로 낮춘 후 시간에 따른 내부 기압의 변화를 측정하였다. 기밀성 실험 결과 얻어진 흐름 곡선으로부터 시스템의 등가 투기계수를 산출하였는데 이음부가 많을수록 시스템의 등가투기계수는 높아지는 경향을 보였다. 또한 실험 결과를 바탕으로 가정된 튜브 단면 변화에 따른 기밀성의 민감도를 해석적으로 분석하였는데 튜브 구조물의 두께 및 직경이 커질수록 시스템 기밀성이 더 향상될 뿐 아니라 기밀성 보강의 효과가 더욱 커진다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.434-445
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• 2010

대용량 전력에너지저장시설로서의 복공식 압축공기 지하저장시설의 기밀시스템을 구성하는 콘크리트 라이닝 및 현장 타설 과정에서 발생하는 시공이음부의 투기특성을 파악하고자 콘크리트 블록시료를 이용한 모형실험을 수행하였다. 시공이음부의 투과계수는 콘크리트 블록보다 약 $10^1{\sim}10^4$ 배 정도의 투과성이 큰 것으로 파악되어, 현장 타설과정에서 시공이음부의 품질관리가 저장시설의 기밀성능 확보 관점에서 매우 중요함을 확인하였다. 또한, 접합면에 아크릴계 접착제를 타설함으로써 시공이음부의 투과계수를 콘크리트 블록 수준까지 감소시킬 수 있었으며 콘크리트 블록의 초기 수분함량이 높을수록 투과계수가 감소하여 기밀성능을 향상시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2017

Purpose: Thermal performance and air tightness of window are improved for the building energy efficiency. As the deteriorated houses are increased, the improve measures with low cost and easy installation are developed in the energy performance of window. Attached glazing and windbreak can be easily applied to the window with low cost. In this paper, the effect of the attached glazing and windbreak on the thermal performance and air tightness of window is analyzed as the measure to improve performance of window. Method: Thermal transmittance of glazing is evaluated through WINDOW simulation according to thickness of attached glazing and air cavity. Based on the simulation results, thermal transmittance, air tightness and condensation resistance performance of four cases are tested according to Korea standards. One type of PVC sliding double window is chosen as the specimen. For the analysis on low performance of window, the outside of window is excluded in the PVC sliding double window. Result: This study shows that thermal performance of glazing can be increased by the application of attached glazing. Furthermore, lower thermal performance of glazing can obtain the higher effect of attached glazing. The application of attached glazing and windbreak can effect on increasing thermal performance and air tightness of window.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2000년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.705-712
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• 2000

The fluid generally flows through fractures in crystalline rocks where most of underground storage facilities are constructed because of their low hydraulic conductivities. The fractured rock is better to be conceptualized with a discrete fracture concept, rather continuum approach. In the aspect of fluid flow in underground, the simultaneous flow of groundwater and gas should be considered in the cases of generation and leakage of gas in nuclear waste disposal facilities, air sparging process and soil vapor extraction for eliminating contaminants in soil or rock pore, and pneumatic fracturing for the improvement of permeability of rock mass. For the purpose of appropriate analysis of groundwater-gas flow, this study presents an unsteady-state multi-phase FEM fracture network simulator. Numerical simulation has been also conducted to investigate the hydraulic head distribution and air tightness around Ulsan LPG storage cavern. The recorded hydraulic head at the observation well Y was -5 to -10 m. From the results obtained by the developed model, it shows that the discrete fracture model yielded hydraulic head of -10 m, whereas great discrepancy with the field data was observed in the case of equivalent continuum modeling. The air tightness of individual fractures around cavern was examined according to two different operating pressures and as a result, only several numbers of fractures neighboring the cavern did not satisfy the criteria of air tightness at 882 kPa of cavern pressure. In the meantime, when operating pressure is 710.5 kPa, the most areas did not satisfy air tightness criteria. Finally, in the case of gas leaking from cavern to the surrounding rocks, the resulted hydraulic head and flowing pattern was changed and, therefore, gas was leaked out from the cavern ceiling and groundwater was flowed into the cavern through the walls.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2003

Nowdays the apartment is a main type of modernized residential buildings. According to the improvement of construction techniques and functions of windows and doors, recent apartments are enhanced air tightness of windows, doors and building envelopes. As Infiltration is decreased and natural ventilation is reduced, energy could be saved in winter. However, indoor air quality is bad. The air Infiltration of a building could be enlarged by physical actions, such as building designs, constructions and reduction of air tightness which is caused by aging. This research analyzes and measures with KNS-4000P (Sapporo air tightness measurement) the air tightness of the high rise apartments which is recently constructed and not occupied yet. With depressurization method, the KNS-4000 installed on the window and the indoor air-leakage was measured. At that time, Air come out from the edge of the windows and doors because of the pressure differences between indoor and outdoor. We measure the amount of the air as effective air leakage areas. This method of depressurization takes less time to measure than other methods and is less affected from other conditions. We measured infiltration of total 56 household, 29 households S apartment (total floor area : $64.42m^2$) in Balan and 29 households D apartment(total floor area : $78.21m^2$) in Chonan. As a result of the field measurements at October 2003, normalized leakage area of D apartment in Cheonan was $2.05cm^2/m^2{\sim}3.49cm^2/m^2$ (average: $2.77cm^2/m^2$) and normalized leakage area of S apartment in Balan is $1.23cm^2/m^2{\sim}1.68cm^2/m^2$ (average: $1.5cm^2/m^2$).

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.302-310
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• 2013

As an initial step to develop a liquid hydrogen pump of piston type operated under cryogenic and high pressure, leakage and piston head shape for the piston pump were discussed with temperature and pressure. As the results, the leakage depended on correlation among density, viscosity, clearance area by the low temperature. In order to reduce the leakage, it was found that the air-tightness can be improved by minimizing contact surface between piston and cylinder, and also increasing pressure in-cylinder can reduce piston clearance. Among the proposed piston shapes, D type piston shape had the most air-tightness. D type piston had smaller contact surface than other piston shape and easier expansion of cup shape by pressure. The leakage of D type piston shape was found about 7%, compared with A type piston shape. But it was required that analyze about vapor lock by friction and wear resistance.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집(I)
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• pp.220-224
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• 2002

As the train run through the tunnels, especially at high speed, pressure shock developed by the running train gives the influence on the pressure fluctuation inside the tunnel and consequently, inside the car. This pressure changes and pressure gradient is closely related with the tunnel section, train speed, air tightness of the train, length of the tunnel, etc. This study includes the analysis of the pressure behavior at the varied train speed and tunnel length. The results show that train speed affects the pressure gradient inside the car almost linearly, and that there exist the critical tunnel lengths that gives the maximum value of pressure change and pressure gradient, respectively.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.513-521
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• 2015

수도권광역급행열차(GTX)가 대심도 지하터널을 180km/h로 운행하면, 작은 터널단면적으로 인해 터널 압력파에 의한 승객이명감이 문제될 것으로 예상된다. 이에 대한 대책으로 GTX의 적절한 기밀성능이 확보되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 1D 전산해석을 수행하여 객실 압력변동 기준을 만족하는 차량기밀도를 도출하였다. A라인 37km 지하터널과 해당구간의 영업운행 상황을 모사하여 차량내부 압력변동을 예측하였다. 전산해석결과 이명감 방지를 위한 차량의 기밀도 요구성능은 복선구간에서 3초 이상, 단선구간에서 6초 이상으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 GTX 차량 제작 시 차체기밀도 요구성능 결정을 위한 유용한 자료로 활용될 수 있다.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.330-335
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• 2008

This research aims to investigate the standards and the performances of domestic and foreign windows for and apartment house and to present fundamental data for selecting the optimum window at the step of designing an apartment house. To compare the performances of domestic and foreign windows it is selected 5 major window companies in and 3 major window companies in Japan, and investigated window structure, material, type of opening and closing, window glass and the performances of windows for an apartment house-closing and opening force, repeated closing and opening, thermal resistance, sound transmission loss, air tightness, water tightness, wind resistance. The result of a comparative analysis show that the average thermal resistance of Korean window is higher than Japan's but the average sound transmission loss and water tightness of Korean window is lower than Japan's and the rest of the performances is similar.